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Arnold, Ann

The Adventurous Chef: Alexis Soyer

40 pp. | Farrar/Foster | September, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-374-31665-1 $$17.00

(2) K-3 In the nineteenth century, Paris-trained Soyer, chef de cuisine at London's Reform Club, also set up Dublin soup kitchens for famine victims, trained those who worked with London's poor to create thrifty but tasty meals, and invented equipment and devised recipes to improve the lot of soldiers in the Crimea. Lively and colorful enough to please a wide audience, this account is written and illustrated with a panache that suits the subject.

Reviewer: Mary M. Burns | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2002